Page 17 (1/2)

"You can make that bit up," said Vena "No, ma'am," said theto end in any way that I could make up Not when I look at Mr Cohen there in his fish hat and Mr Willie as the God of Being Sick Again No, I want to co Mr Dread can wait for me here And I'll be perfectly safe, sir No ods find they're under attack by a uised as the Muse of Swearing they're really, really going to want the whole world to knohat happened next" Leonard was still out cold Rincewind tried e "Of course I watched hi levers "But he built it so it was easy for him U hi the levers Somewhere underneath the to have to come up with some ideas soon," Rincewind said "It won't fly itself for ever"

"Perhaps if we gentlyI shouldn't do that, sir-" The Librarian gave the pedals a cursory glance Then he pushed Carrot aith one hand while the other unhooked Leonard's flying goggles from their hook His feet curled around the pedals He pushed the handle that operated Prince Haran's Tiller and, far under his feet, so went thud Then, as the ship shook, he cracked his knuckles, reached out, waggled his fingers for acoluates of Dun open, apparently by theether, peering around suspiciously "You betteraround the busy streets "I wasn't expecting this"

"Sir?" said the'all," said Boy Willie "Not shops And everyone's different sizes!"

"Gods can be any size, I reckon," said Cohen, as gods burned towards them "Maybe we couldcome back another time?" said Caleb

The doors slammed behind them "No," said Cohen And suddenly there was a crowd around theods," said a voice fro with us!"

"Ah, the God of Fish," said a god to Cohen, falling in beside hihtiness?"

"Erwhat?" said Cohen "Oherwet Still very wet Very wet things"

"And dungs?" a goddess asked Has?"

"Still lyin' aroond!"

"And are you omnipotent?"

"Aye, lass, but there's pills I'?" said a god to Truckle "Bloody right!" said Truckle desperately Cohen looked up and saw Offler the Crocodile God He wasn't a god as hard to recognise, but in any case Cohen had seen hihout the world was a pretty good likeness, and noas the time for a man to reflect on the fact that so ood deal poorer as a result of Cohen's activities He didn't, however, because it was not the kind of thing he ever did But it did see "Where're we off to, friend?" he said "To watch the Gameth, your fithneth" said Offler "Oh, yeah That's where yo- we play around with u- od on the other side of Cohen "And currently we've found so to enter Dunmanifestin"

"The devils, eh?" said Cohen pleasantly "Give 'em a taste of hot thunderbolt, that's e they understand"

"Mostly because it's the only language you use," ods "Yes, we thought sood "I'm Fate, by the way"

"Oh, you're Fate?" said Cohen, as they reached the gaht you were supposed to be blind?"

"No"

"How about if soers in yer eyes?"

"I'm sorry?"

"Just my little joke"

"Ha Ha," said Fate "I wonder, O God of Fish, how good a player you are?"

"Never been ambler" said Cohen, as a solitary dice appeared between Fate's fingers "A ame"